Pied Piper: Follow Your Soul - VA - Kent Records CD

Pied Piper: Follow Your Soul 

Various Artists 

CDKEND 429

Kent Records 

Format: Audio CD

Release Date 28th March 2011

A second serving of the outstanding talent created by this Detroit production team from 1965-1967.

A snippet of the release notes from Ady Croasdell follows below. 

“Pied Piper – Follow Your Soul” features some of the biggest Northern Soul discoveries of recent times. Nancy Wilcox provides the pounding ‘He’ll Be Leaving You’ and the equally classy ‘More Than A Memory’. September Jones’ ‘Voo Doo Madamoiselle’, previously available only on one of our newly-minted Pied Piper singles, is one of the biggest dancefloor records of the past two years. Her previously unissued ‘You Better Know Why’ is more soul perfection, while the equally captivating ‘No More Love’ made it onto 60s vinyl.

Lorraine Chandler’s original take of the James Bond-themed ‘You Only Live Twice’ is even more urgent than the version we revealed in the 90s, while her ‘Lost Without You’ shows Pied Piper was also capable of mesmerising ballads. The Cavaliers are represented by the finished version of ‘Ooh It Hurts Me’ (featuring Jack Ashford’s rhythm track, missing from all previous versions) and the stunning ‘Without Someone To Tell Me’ (the acetate of which famously sold for a small fortune). Fellow Detroiters the Metros have a previously unheard number and one with a convoluted history.

Tracks

01   Voo Doo Madamoiselle - September Jones
02   He'll Be Leaving You - Nancy Wilcox
03   You Only Live Twice (alternate version) - Lorraine Chandler
04   Could It Be You - Sharon Scott
05   Ooh It Hurts Me (Alternate version) - The Cavaliers
06   I Need Your Love - The Dynamics
07   Watch Yourself - Tony Hester
08   Love Will Find A Way - Harry Gates
09   They Say I'm Afraid (Of Losing You) - Freddy Butler
10   Lost Without You - Lorraine Chandler
11   Wait A Minute - The Hesitations
12   Love Sick - The Pied Piper Players
13   No More Love - September Jones
14   Set My Heart At Ease - Mikki Farrow
15   More Than A Memory - Nancy Wilcox
16   Without Someone To Tell Me - The Cavaliers
17   It's Right Now - The Metros
18   Love Is Not A Game - Sam E Solo
19   What Can I Do - Lorraine Chandler
20   You Better Know Why - September Jones
21   You Don't Know Me Do You - The Metros
22   Hold To My Baby - The Pied Piper Players
23   That's What Love Is - The Hesitations
24   Give Me Lots Of Lovin' - Freddy Butler

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